Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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engravings. The list of his articles published in the best magazines, such as the Century, Harpevds and Scr'ibner's, is a long one, not to mention those still more numerous articles which have been contributed to newspapers, and to libraries of books, like Wa1'ner's Woi'ld's Best Literature. Besides all this he has written many introductions and notes for new editions of books-the last one being an introduction to a new edition of the memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini. and is at present also editing a text-book series, called College Histories of Art to which, besides the editor, Princeton and Columbia professors have contributed. ' Of course this great productivity soon obtained other kinds of recognition. Invitations to lecture on art topics began to pour in, and a kind of work was forced upon him to which he had not at all looked forward. He proved, however, that here too he was master of the situation, and has become in the last few years widely known as an interesting and fascinating lecturer. He has lectured in many cities from Montreal to VVashington, from Boston to Chicago. While his lectures before general audiences have deen highly successful, he has done most of his lectur- ing at colleges and institutions of learning. Rutgers College honored him with the degree of LL.D., made him Professor of the History of Art, and he has regularly given a course of lec- tures on art before the Senior Class for a number of years. So, too, he has delivered the Uni- versity lectures at Princeton, Harvard and other universities, and for a dozen years has been the chief lecturer on art at Columbia. During the vacations not iilled by visits to Europe, Dr. Van Dyke has been quite an ex- tensive traveller in this country. He has seen nearly every part of the United States, and knows something of Indian, cowboy and backwoods life. At present he is in the mountains of Southern California studying mountain forms with the idea of a new book. His social acquain- tance is large, and includes most of the men prominent to-day in art and literature. He lives here in New Brunswick, keeping bachelor's hall, but of late much of his time is spent else- where. In New York alone he is a member of half a dozen clubs, including the Century, the Union League, the Players' and the Authors'. Though only forty-three years of age, he has already added distinction to the College that has honored him, and we doubt not that the years to come will bring him higher honors to round out a distinguished and useful career. 10

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John Charles Van Dyke. OHN UIIARLICS VAN DYKE was born at New Brunswick, N. J., April 21, 1856, Son of the late Judge John Van Dyke ol' the New Jersey Supreme Court. His mother was a daughter of Prof. 'l'heodore Strong of Rutgers College, well known as astronomer and mathematician. John Charles Van Dyke was prepared for XVest Point Academy, had the appointment, but finally declined to accept it. He studied for a time at Columbia College and after a course in law was admitted to the New York bar in 1S77. Immediately, however, he abandoned law for literature, feeling already that this was the profession in which his tal- ents gave surest promise of success. After a year of travel, he came to the Sage Library of the Tlieologieal Seminary, of whicli he has been t-he librarian ever since. Here, with constant courtesy and sympathy, he has been ready with suggestion and advice, making the valuable collection of books under his charge as useful as possible to students and professors alike, as well as to the numerous other readers who have come there for study He has shown in his own person how important it is that a librarian should not only know books, but even more, should know how to use them. How valuable this quiet work has been, covering now a score of years, only those fully realize who have passed through the Seminary or have made daily use of the library for study and researeh. On the other hand the quiet of a students' library gave him exactly the opportunity he needed. Heliegan at once, by a vigorous course of reading and study, to prepare himself to speak with authority, when the time should come, on the subjects of his choice. He directed his studies principally to the History of Art, and in order to secure the broadest basis of prac- tical first-hand knowledge, he visited Europe nearly every summer for fifteen years, familiarizing himself with the great works of art in the galleries of France, Holland, Italy, Spain and other artistic eentres. The fruits of his studies were not slow to appear. Beginning to publish in the newspapers about 1880, he has since then been connected with many journals as staff and editorial writer. He was at one time editor of the Szfurlfio and in 1887 of the Arif Review, and is now the art editor of the New York Evening Post. I-lis books are many, chiefly the follow- ing: Books and How to Use 'l'liem, 4' Principles of Art, 'C How to Judge of a Picture, Art for Artis Sake? f' Notes on the Sage Libraryj' it Serious Art in America, Old Dutch and Flemish Masters, Modern French Masters, History of Painting, and Nature for Its Own Sake. He isat present writing in the Ce-iztury Magazine a series of studies on the Old English Mastersj' to which Timothy Cole, the celebrated engraver, is supplying the tai 9

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Senior Editors of Scarlet Letter. 1871-1899. .xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxw 1871. GEORGE S. DURYEE, Z if 1872. CHARLES H. STEELE, XII' 1873. FRED. E. ALLEN, A T 1874. JOHN W. SEARING, A fb 1875. HOWARD GILLESPIE, A K E 1876. WILLIAM L. SKINKLE, Z A11 1878. ROBERT W. PRENTISS, A 1' 1879. E. CARMEN SCUDDER, A df 1877. HERAIAN W. VANDEIXPOEL, X111 1880. PIERRE ST. JOHN GILLESPIE, A K E 1881. JOHN F. MCWILLIADi, B O H 1882. JOHN POYVELL PHILLIP, X A11 1883. 1885. LEXVIS B. CHAMBERLAIN, A T 1886. STEPHEN D. DEMAREST, A df FRED. W. CUTTLER, Z if 1884. WILLIAM H. LUSTER, JR., X fb 1887. LOUIS B. HASBROUCK, A K E 1888. HARRY R. ANDERSON, X XP 1889. JAMES FOUNTAIN, Z 'if 1890. CHARLES W. HULST, X III 1892. FRANK MALVEN, A fb 1893. EDGAR I. MCCULLY, A K E 1891. JAMES W. THOMPSON, A T 1894. HERMAN C. WEBER, B O H 1895. GARRET VAN CLEVE, X AI' 1896. C. WILLARD VOORHEES, Z AI' 1897. WILLARD P. CLARK, XID 1898. AUGUSTUS H. SHEARER, A T 1899. CHARLES T. COWENHOVEN, JR., A fb 11